Work raid policy not working

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Obama Illegal Immigration Silent Work Raid Policy Not Working

Obama Illegal Immigration Silent Work Raid Policy Not Working

Obama who stopped raids on businesses because he claimed they were “ineffective.“ Of course raids are ineffective if the business is punished and the illegal alien is not. Now he want to punish businesses that hire Illegal Aliens with heavy fines and reward illegally aliens who entered the country illegally, using stolen or fake identifications when is fraud and a felon with a path to citizenship. WTF is wrong with this scenario? We punish the drug dealer and we punish the drug user.

 

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English requirement to be in Spanish?...

Illegal immigration foes despair over GOP moves
January 31, 2013 — Marty Lich is ready to bolt.

It's been a couple of years since the self-described conservative considered herself a Republican, but she still often votes for GOP candidates. That's partly because of their tough stands against illegal immigration, which the retired teacher's aide blames for ruining her Southern California hometown and fears could threaten the Colorado mountain community where she now lives. But Lich and voters like her are watching with despair as more and more Republican politicians edge toward a bipartisan plan that includes a pathway to citizenship for many of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. "If the GOP agrees on this amnesty, they're selling out their core values," Lich said. "They'd lose us. They'd lose the votes of people who support them, and they're not going to gain a lot of votes."

Demographics and election returns are pushing Republican leaders away from people like Lich. In 2007, a grass-roots rebellion led Republicans to reject then-President George W. Bush's immigration overhaul because it included a process in which otherwise law-abiding illegal immigrants could eventually become U.S. citizens. Activists derided the provision as an "amnesty." After tea party groups toppled various Republicans in primaries over their dovish immigration stands, the party's rhetoric and proposals became increasingly tough. That's changed since the drubbing the GOP took last November. Mitt Romney received underwhelming support from voters in the two fastest-growing minority groups: 27 percent of Hispanic voters and an even smaller share from Asians, according to exit polls. In contrast, George W. Bush won an estimated 44 percent of the Hispanic vote in his 2004 re-election.

Prominent Republicans, from television commentator Sean Hannity to former vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, now support legalizing the status of some illegal immigrants. The outline of a bill to do just that was unveiled Monday by a group of eight senators, four from each party, and President Barack Obama reiterated his support for a similar overhaul Tuesday. Even in the Republican-controlled House, a half-dozen bipartisan members are nearing completion on wide-ranging legislation that would include a pathway to legalize the immigration status of those here without authorization.

It's unclear what, if any, immigration bill could pass Congress. Still, the shift in tone signals to some who favor tighter restrictions on immigration that parts of the Republican Party are ready to cave. That'd be a dangerous move, they warn, arguing that Hispanics strongly support Obama's health care law and other Democratic initiatives and are unlikely to ever back Republicans in significant numbers. They also warn that the party will squander a valuable resource by alienating its base. "I don't know how you can even quantify the loss of enthusiasm," said former Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, a longtime thorn in party elders' sides for his aggressive stance on illegal immigration. "You're not going to knock on any doors, make any phone calls or give any money."

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Senators Present Plans for Immigration Reform -- Including English Requirement – in Spanish
January 29, 2013 – Two of the eight senators that are proposing a comprehensive immigration reform plan that includes a requirement that immigrants learn English, explained it to reporters in Spanish.

Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) both repeated their prepared remarks in Spanish after initially telling reporters in English why they had signed on to the “framework” of immigration reform. Menendez mentioned the English language requirement in his remarks. “They will have to, for the first time in U.S. history, learn English to be able to even become a permanent resident,” Menendez said. “We require that for U.S. citizenship. “We have never required that for permanent residency – this is a higher standard,” Menendez said.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that “from Day One” after legislation becomes law, illegals who register with the government and pass a criminal background check can live and work in the United States. “That will make it easier for them to learn English and integrate into their communities without fear of deportation,” Schumer said. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said his Dream Act bill - first introduced 12 years ago - that would give children of illegal aliens who were brought to the U.S. as children a pathway to citizenship, is a part of the framework. “The Dream Act is going to be an integral part of comprehensive immigration reform,” Durbin said.

The four “legislative pillars” of the framework are: reforming the legal immigration system, employment verification, securing U.S. borders and a guest worker program. No specifics of what will be included in a legislative plan were revealed. “We have to modernize our legal immigration system. We have to have a real enforcement mechanism to ensure we’re never here again in the future, and we have to deal with the people that are here now in a way that’s responsible but humane,” Rubio said. The others who are in the “gang of eight” but who were not present at the press conference are Sens. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.). Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who is also in the group supporting the framework, was at the press conference.

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